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srdeční a citová záležitost

English translation: emotional affair / affair of the heart / cordial affair

19:10 Oct 24, 2010
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Czech term or phrase: srdeční a citová záležitost
Nákup auta může být srdeční a citová záležitost.
Lenka Havrdova
Local time: 08:44
English translation:emotional affair / affair of the heart / cordial affair
Explanation:
Rozhodně bych do překladu nepřenášel redundanci originálu a už vůbec ne se spojkou 'and' v přívlastku...
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Jirka Bolech
Local time: 08:44
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2emotional affair / affair of the heart / cordial affair
Jirka Bolech
5an emotional experience
Patrick Seguin
4personal and emotional matter.
Karel Kosman
4a matter of instinct and emotions
Hannah Geiger (X)
3 +1a heartfelt and emotional event...
Scott Evan Andrews
4heart and soul
Barry Appleby


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
personal and emotional matter.


Explanation:
The purchase of a vehicle can be a personal and emotional matter.
Wouldn't suggest a literal translation for this.

Karel Kosman
Czech Republic
Local time: 08:44
Native speaker of: English
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
emotional affair / affair of the heart / cordial affair


Explanation:
Rozhodně bych do překladu nepřenášel redundanci originálu a už vůbec ne se spojkou 'and' v přívlastku...

Jirka Bolech
Local time: 08:44
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
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agree  Pavel Prudký: to prostřední je hezké
21 mins
agree  Jana Kinská
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a matter of instinct and emotions


Explanation:
....'There is no instinct like the heart' Lord Byron

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Note added at 18 mins (2010-10-24 19:28:33 GMT)
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"there is no instinct like that of the heart" is the correct version

Hannah Geiger (X)
United States
Local time: 02:44
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a heartfelt and emotional event...


Explanation:
Marketing text
"Buying a car may be a heartfelt and emotional event"...
An effort to convey this rather dry sentence into something interesting enough to bother reading the next sentence, while not veering much from verbatim...Depends I believe on who is the customer and what they are looking for... target audience notwithstanding.

Scott Evan Andrews
United States
Local time: 08:44
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  mashak (X)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
heart and soul


Explanation:
A straight translation rarely works in an advertising text.


Example sentence(s):
  • Buying a car can involve heart and soul
Barry Appleby
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:44
Native speaker of: English
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
an emotional experience


Explanation:
An emotional affair is close, but affair seems a bit too melodramatic in this case. Experience incorporates senses - the sight of the designs and colors, the smell of the interior, the sound of the motor, and tactile sensations you feel while actually driving a car.

Example sentence(s):
  • Buying a car can be an emotional experience.
Patrick Seguin
Local time: 08:44
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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